Evaluation of the Use and Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossings (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter 4 - Decision Guide
Chapter 4 - Decision Guide
Pages 98-109
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For example, if Step 2.1 is clicked, these third order steps appear, each with accessible additional information: 2.1.1 Identify Species to Benefit from Potential Mitigation 2.1.2 Identify Ecological Processes (Water Flow, Animal Movement, Other) 2.1.3 Identify Landscape and Topographic Features that May Affect Movement and Migration 2.1.4 Identify Engineering and Maintenance Concerns 2.1.5 Weigh Cost Concerns with Potential Benefits 2.1.6 Identify Appropriate General Wildlife Crossing Type 2.1.7 Other Mitigation Options 2.1.8 References Step 3, Select and Create a Plan, is a decision node where all the information from previous steps are integrated into the larger planning and decision-making process.
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Construction is the beginning of the implementation phase of the project and after the crossing has been built, a monitoring and evaluation phase, often neglected when road projects are built, begins. Only through monitoring and evaluating performance against a priori expectations of performance, e.g., successful passage of the intended species, can biologists and engineers understand what crossings work and what need modifications.
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100 Figure 40. What should I know?
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This ability leads to a dynamic website that is continually being updated in an ever changing world. For a better comprehension of the interactive decision guide, and the site overall, the research team recommends the reader visit the website: www.wildlifeandroads.org.
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102 Figure 42. Step 1.1.1 of the Decision Guide.
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103 Figure 43. Step 1.2 of the Decision Guide and associated hierarchy.
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104 Figure 44. Step 2, identify solutions, of the Decision Guide.
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105 Figure 45. Step 3, select and create plan, of the Decision Guide.
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106 Figure 46. Step 4, construction, of the Decision Guide.
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Figure 48. Classes of databases in the Decision Guide Query Function that are linked.
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108 Figure 49. Search engine.
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109 Figure 50. Example of the Decision Guide search engine results for Utah.
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